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Prognostic value of olfactory nerve damage measured with thallium-based olfactory imaging in patients with idiopathic olfactory dysfunction
- Source :
- Scientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2017.
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Abstract
- Abstract Idiopathic olfactory disorder is resistant to treatment, and the recovery time is long. This study investigated the prognostic value of the migration of nasally administered thallium-201 to the olfactory bulb (thallium migration to the OB), a measure of olfactory nerve damage, in patients with idiopathic olfactory disorders. Twenty-four patients with idiopathic olfactory disorders were enrolled in the study (7 women and 17 men; aged 23–73 years). We retrospectively analyzed potential prognostic markers in subjects who underwent thallium-based olfactory imaging with the nasal administration of thallium-201 before conventional treatment with the Japanese herbal medicine tokishakuyakusan and compared those data with the prognosis. Log-rank tests were performed to assess the relationship between thallium migration to the OB (
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20452322
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Scientific Reports
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.2626cee2c6614bbeb3fcb8f89f699011
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03894-4